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August 25,1997
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Vol.104-No.4
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Sororities drop boys,booze
Sisterhood replaces drinking men during final weekend
By Sarah McWilliams
Kansan staff writer
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Rush week for University of Kansas sororities ended with parties, but neither alcohol nor men were invited, according to a policy enforced by sorority leaders at the University.
The policy, set by the National Panhellenic Council and enforced by the Panhellenic Association at
the university, states that no sorority members or rush participants are allowed to consume alcohol or to associate with men within 24 hours after bid day, said Bridget Mason, Fairway senior and vice president of public relations for the association. Bid day officially ended at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Bid day is the final day of rush week, when sorority hopefuls learn which chapter they have been
invited to join, she said. This year, more than 800 potential members participated in rush.
No individual sorority members or chapters were disciplined for violating the policy this year. Mason said.
Mason said that although the University had not strictly enforced the no-men, no-alcohol policy in past years, no prior incidents led to extra enforcement this year.
"It was important on bid day for new members to focus on what being in a sorority is all about," Mason said. A sorority is about sisterhood, she said.
to build sisterhood, individual chapters picked up new members
after they had received their invitations and had provided non-alcoholic alternatives for the evening, Mason said. This was done at the request of the Panhellenic Association.
Chapters and new members cooperated well with the policy, said Jamie Partridge, Manhattan senior and risk management educator for Pi Beta Phi. She said the chapters planned alternatives like barbecues, pizza parties, ice cream runs and movies.
"It was to show that the reason why you're in a house is not to drink. It's to be part of a sorority," Partridge said.
Jason Fizell, Olathe senior, listens to ideas about issues that Delta Force wants to work on. The group met yesterday in the Pine Room in the Kansas Union. Photo by Roger Nomer/KANSAN
Delta Force urges students to get involved at University
President takes ideas from first meeting
By Tim Harrington Kansan staff writer
The Delta Force coalition held its first official meeting yesterday afternoon to discuss possible platform issues and to allow newcomers to introduce themselves.
Delta Force member Holly Kreuz
Oskaloa sophomore, began the meeting in the Pine Room of the Kansas Union with a brief summary of the intent behind the formation of Delta Force.
Delta Force formed last semester as a coalition of Student Senate candidates. Upset with what they believed to be a lack of activism in Senate, Delta Force candidates stressed student action and involvement in University of Kansas and community affairs.
"Delta Force is not just about getting people on the Student Senate," Krebs said. "We'd like to integrate activism and politics."
After an abbreviated history of the coalition's founders, Delta Force president Jason Fitzell took prospective issue ideas from members and newcomers.
Bike lanes, linear tuition, the "corporate invasion" of downtown, escort programs, class availability and minority recruitment were just a few of the issues mentioned.
Matt Bachand, liberal arts senator and Yorktown, Va., senior, said working with other senators would be the key to getting these things accomplished.
"First and foremost, I think Senate should be a cooperative effort. A divided senate just can't do what a united senate can." Bachand said. "I look forward to working with everyone."
With recycling and transportation reform at the top of the list, members expressed concerns about many issues.
The group's next meeting is at 8 p.m. Friday. Delta Force will gather at the Action Alliance's homebrew festival at Shirk's Barn, located north of Lawrence. Festival patrons must be at least 18 years old to attend.
Fizell said the festival was a chance for people interested in Delta Force to get together on a social level and talk about the organization.
Rollin' the bones
Larry Martin, curator of paleontology, and Orville Bonner, paleontologist, hold up one of the new bones in the Natural History Museum. Martin and 10 graduate students dug up the bones of a Camarausaurus, a 40-foot-long, 14-foot-tall, long-necked dinosuar, during the summer and are trying to provide an exhibit for it in the Natural History Museum. Photo by Steve Puppen / KANSAN
University has no closet for its new skeletons
Museum lacks room for fossil display
The scientists found the bones of Camarasaurus, a 60-foot-long, 14-foot-tall, long-necked dinosaur, during the summer in the Black Hills of Wyoming. Museum officials are trying to provide a permanent home at the University for the Camarasaurus and other fossils found at the site.
By Mike Perryman
Student spectators and camera crews crowded the sidewalk in front of the Natural History Museum Friday as paleontologists from the University of Kansas unveiled new dinosaur bones.
The find included one complete adult Camarasaurus skeleton, a complete baby skeleton, pieces of another adult, a meat-eating dinosaur, about eight turtles and some prehistoric plants. The fossils date back to the late Jurassic period.
Larry Martin, curator of paleontology at the museum, led the team of 10 graduate students who dig up the bones. He said the fossils were in great shape.
Kansan staff writer
Martin said finding the fossils
Sundell said the Camarasaurus was one of the five most complete sauropods ever found and deserved a proper exhibit.
"We were very lucky," he said.
"It took us only about a month and a half to unearth the fossils, and it usually would take about a year to a year and a half."
Craig Sundell, Lawrence graduate student, spotted the first bones at the site. He said the dig could not have gone more smoothly.
Although the museum has room to store the bones in the basement, there will not be enough space for the dinosaurs when they are fully constructed.
"We will be able to tell a lot about what that particular area was like 150 million years ago," Martin said.
was like re-creating a lost world.
Building a new addition to the museum could be the answer.
Leonard Kristalka, director of the Natural History Museum, said creating space for the dinosaurs would be a challenge. There is no space for the adult, but there may be space for the baby, he said.
"For now it is important to prepare the bones," Krisktalka said. "It will take some time to
"KU has a huge history of dinosaur hunters and fossil collectors."
T. J. Meehan lawrence graduate student
establish a permanent home, and we are currently planning on building an exhibit so that the people who visit the museum can see the process of fossil preservation."
A group of graduate students of vertebrate paleontology, headed by Martin, will perform the preservation process.
T. J. Meehan, a Lawrence graduate student who helped locate the dig site, said that raising money for the preparation of the bones would be the first step and that everything else would take some time and consideration.
"We should definitely make room at the museum for the new fossils," he said. "KU has a huge history of dinosaur hunters and fossil collectors. It would be appropriate to create space for a good dinosaur exhibit at the museum, considering how much interest there is in dinosaurs."
Police confiscate bongs ... er, pipes in KC area shops
Lawrence stores don't fear raids
By Rachelle Detweiler
Kansan staff writer
Jackson County, Mo., authorities raided 14 businesses Friday in Kansas City and Blue Springs, cracking down on the sale of what they said was ready-made drug paraphernalia.
However, merchants said they didn't foresee a decrease in tobacco and water-pipe sales in Lawrence or an increase in problems from law enforcement authorities.
Sam Osterhout, Hutchinson junior, is a cashier at The Phil Zone, 1405 Massachusetts St. He said the store had no past problems with the police and showed no signs of an impending raid.
By taking proper precautions and following state laws, the store avoids problems, he said.
According to Kansas statutes, two factors in determining what is drug paraphernalia are the manner in which the store displays an object and any statements made by a salesperson concerning the object's use.
Another factor in determining the difference between a tobacco water pipe and a bong used for illegal drugs is the oral or written instructions concerning the object's use. The sale of a water pipe is legal, while the sale of drug paraphernalia is a misdemeanor when sold to a person older than 18. The sale is a felony if the buyer is
a felony if the buyer is under18.
All employees of The Phil Zone are instructed about the proper terminology for the sale of tobacco products, Osterhout said. Problems only occur when shoppers do things such as refer to water pipes as bongs, he said.
"Some people aren't as smart as other people and can't take a hint," Oster-hout said. "If we correct them, and they say it incorrect again, then they're gone."
Workers at Lawrence's 7th Heaven, 1000 Massachusetts St., could not comment on the raids. However, Justin Bernal, a worker at recently raided 7th Heaven in Kansas City, said he did not expect disturbances at the Lawrence location because Kansas is
Pipes for sale
Some of the things authorities consider in determining whether an object is drug paraphernalia, according to Kansas Statute #65-4151:
Statements by an owner or person in control of the object concerning its use.
- Oral or written instructions provided with the object concerning its use.
- Descriptive materials accompanying the object which explain or depict its use.
The mathew in which the object is displayed for sale.
Whether the owner or person in control of the object is a legitimate supplier of similar or related items to the community, such as a distributor or dealer of tobacco products.
The existence and scope of legitimate uses for the object in the community.
Direct or circumstantial evidence of the ratio of sales of the object or objects to the total sales of business enterprises.
under a different jurisdiction.
For the entire statute and more information, go to www.ink.org
under a different jurisdiction.
However, he did warn other businesses that undercover agents had come to his store before the raids and bought a tobacco pipe with marked bills. When the sale occurred, the officer inferred that the object
would be used for drug consumption. Bernel said.
The police later confiscated most of the store's water pipes and searched, photographed and interviewed all employees before leaving without making an arrest.
Raids have happened before at the store, and the business will not be permanently damaged by the crackdown, he said.
"People running legitimate businesses won't be affected," Bernal said. "We'll get our merchandise back and lose a little money. These types of businesses won't go away. They've been in business since the '60s."
On Saturday, the store's busiest day, sales in the tobacco department only amounted to $1,700, compared to the $5,000 average when their water pipes are fully stocked, Bernal said.
Fiske Guide rankings
Rankings by the Fiske Guide to Colleges 1998 for schools in the Big 12 Conference:
School Academics Social Life Quality of life
Baylor University ★★★ ★★★ ★★★
University of Colorado ★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★
Iowa State University ★★★ ★★★ ★★★
University of Kansas ★★★★ ★★★★ ★★★
University of Missouri ★★★ ★★★ ★★★
University of Nebraska ★★★ ★★★ ★★★
University of Oklahoma ★★★ ★★★ ★★★
Texas A&M University ★★★ ★★★ ★★★
University of Texas ★★★★ ★★★★ ★★★
Kansas State University, Oklahoma State University and Texas Tech University were not listed by the guide. * + listed as a "Best Buy" collage.
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